The son of Jackie Chan was meted a six-month jail term on Friday after pleading guilty to "sheltering others to use drugs" before a court in China.Read More
The much-awaited latest season of Game of Thrones will finally premiere on April 12, HBO announced at the Television Critics Association winter press tour.Read More
For the first time, the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (N.A.S.A.) will embark on a mission to the International Space Station (I.S.S.) that will run for a year to test the physiological and psychological effects of long-term space flight.Read More
Marvel, in association with Fox studios, has confirmed a movie on comic book superhero Gambit by next year, with the lead character portrayed by actor Channing Tatum.Read More
Salman Rushdie, an award-winning author who once received a death fatwa from an Iranian clergy, has expressed his support for the satirical magazine Charlie Hebdo following an attack that left 12 people dead in Paris, France, on Wednesday.Read More
.Almost 5,000 Christians were killed while more than 1,000 Christian churches were attacked due to faith-based ideologies, with several Africa countries seeing the largest increase in Christian persecution, an annual report on religious freedom said.Read More
More than 80,000 Haiti nationals are still living in more than 100 refugee camps five years after a 7.0-magnitude earthquake destroyed the country's capital Port-au-Prince, an international rights group said.Read More
Mixed reactions are certain to greet embattled Bill Cosby, who is about to return to stage for the first time on Wednesday night since being accused of sexually assaulting women last year.Read More
A group of researchers may have just discovered the most Earth-like planet with a rocky surface and flowing water outside the Solar System. Scientists at the Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics said that planet Kepler 438b, which orbits a distant star in the constellation of Lyra 475 light years away, could be as hospitable to life as Earth.Read More
As more than 1,300 civilians have been killed in Russia’s unprovoked invasion of Ukraine, evangelist Franklin Graham is urging Russian President Vladimir Putin and Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy to agree on a ceasefire during the 10 days of Easter observances.
Suspected Fulani herdsmen shot to death four people, including a pastor and two women in two separate attacks in Benue State on Tuesday, according to Nigerian media reports.